How To Sell Products Online From Home For Free

Have you been frustrated trying to find out how to sell products online from home for free without getting ripped off? If you have, this post is here to help you out!

When I first started my journey into affiliate marketing, I wanted to sell products online, without any cost to myself. I figured that this was the only way of not getting scammed. But I don’t know how to go about it until I joined Wealthy Affiliate.

Wealthy Affiliate has taught me that there are literally millions of products that you can sell online from home to create a life of freedom. But in order to do this there are several steps that you need to follow; these are:

Choose A Niche

Choose A Domain Name

Create A Website

Join Affiliate Programs

Create Content

Find Keywords

Promote On Social Media

Give It Time

1. Choose A Niche.

We all have skills and knowledge and plenty of us have a passion or a hobby. Once you decide to work from home with a online business, you need to choose a niche market that you want to target.

A niche market is a small segment, or a subset of a product market. Niche markets satisfy specific needs of people within a product market group. A niche can be based on many factors such as demographics, price, quality, health issues, or to solve a problem that people within a product market experience.

For example, ice cream is a popular product market with many companies competing for a slice of this market. A niche of the ice cream market could be gluten free or vegan ice cream. An even smaller niche within the ice cream market could be ice cream made from llama’s milk.

The more you drill down within your niche, the smaller the market segment, and the smaller the competition for that market. This is important to keep this in mind when choosing a niche. Because the less competition you have from competitors, the bigger your chance of success within that niche!

The best way to sell products online from home is to choose a niche that is related to the skills, knowledge, interests or passions that you already have. Then select your niche product based on that criteria.

Choose something that is urgent, or that people want a solution to RIGHT NOW! For example, if you are suffering from anxiety attacks, an out-break of pimples, have sore joints, etc. you are going to want a solution right now. Your customers are the same, they also want a quick solution to their problems.

2. Choose a Domain Name

Once you have decided on your niche, choose a domain name. Because this post is all about selling products online from home for free, you will need to join a website builder that will provide you with a free website and free hosting.

You will end up with a subdomain, rather than one you own yourself. A subdomain is a free domain, that piggybacks off someone else domain. In my opinion, the two best website builders that offer free domains and hosting are WordPress and Wealthy Affiliate.

Wealthy Affiliate offers 2 free domains with free web hosting to starter members. Subdomains that you don’t own, do have limitations. For example, you will be limited in how many widgets you will be able to add to your website.

You will also need to be able to verify that you are the owner in order to use Google Analytics to monitor your site. But because you don’t own your domain, you will not be able to do this.

However, using a free subdomain is a very effective way of getting your website up and running without incurring any costs. You will then be able to determine if you really want to work from home with a online business, or not.

3. Create a Website

Before you choose a theme for your website, have a look at how your competitors set up their websites. This will give you a good idea of how you should set up your own website. The best websites are those that are easy on the eyes and are easy to use.

Structure your website so that it is easy to navigate. Include all the functions that allow your customers to do everything that they need to do. For example, if you are reviewing affiliate products, provide photos, descriptions, reviews, and testimonials.

When selling products online from home, make sure that your website looks professional. Ensure that it can be used on mobile devices such as phones and on tablets. This is important as more and more people are using mobile devices to access the internet.

Most website builders will allow you to install WordPress onto your website. Watch the video below to learn how to set up a website in 30 seconds. If you join Wealthy Affiliate, as a starter member you get 2 website complete with hosting for FREE.

4. Join Affiliate Marketing Programs

The best way to sell products online from home for free, is to sell someone else’s produces through affiliate marketing.

What is affiliate marketing? It is the promotion of a product or service that has been created by someone else. The beauty of affiliate marketing is that someone else takes all the risks in the development of the product, in the storage and delivery of the item, and for any returns if something goes wrong.

All you need to do is promote that product through your blog, website or social media. When you make a sale, you get paid a commission. Commissions can vary greatly from 3% up to 70% or more. Commission rates depend on the product or service category that you promote, as well as the affiliate network that you join up with.

Your affiliate network provides the bridge between the producer of the product and the affiliate (which is you). There are millions of affiliate products available that relate to many niches. So, you should be able to find one to suit your niche.

You then get a unique link that you put on your web page, or post. When someone purchases a product or service using your link, your affiliate network knows that you made that sale. They will take care of sending out the product as well as paying you your commission.

Sell Products Online Free

This step is an exciting one as it gives you the means of earning money online. These are hundreds of affiliate programs and they are all free to join.

But if you are new to this, you probably should start with one or two affiliate networks. This way you can get the hang of selling products online through an affiliate network. Once you know what you are doing slowly build up from there.

ClickBank is a great place to start if you want to promote web-based products. Amazon is good if you want to sell physical products that you don’t own. However commissions paid through Amazon are quite low, which means that you will need to sell a lot of products to make a good income.

Chose affiliate programs that offer the kinds of products or services that you are interested in. Make sure that the company that you choose has a good reputation in the products that they offer, and that product returns are low.

Check out the commission structure of your affiliate network, as commissions rates vary. Also ensure that they use a paying method that is available in the country that you operate from. For example, PayPal isn’t available in every country worldwide. And lastly make sure that they pay out regularly and on time.

5. Create Content

Once you know what you want to sell, review, promote or discuss, you then need to write some good original content. You can become as creative as you like in this area. The best content that converts well, is written in a positive way and isn’t forceful in its selling tactics.

When you want to buy something online, what are you attracted to? You probably buy from a site that:

Is helpful and that you can trust

has good product information

has reviews, pros and cons

is easy to navigate

is a secure site

offers bonuses, discounts

offers guarantees, or returns

has different paying options

Your potential customers are just like you! They want the same things that you do when they are thinking of purchasing something. They also want to be treated as real people, so treat them the way you would like to be treated.

Ensure that the content you write is thorough, is helpful and stays on topic. Put yourself in your customer’s shoes. What problems do they have that your product can solve for them? What features, benefits or discounts does your product offer?

Look for ways that you can use to differentiate your product from all the other similar products on the market. You can do this by offering a discount or a bonus extra. So, look for affiliate products and services that have these features. If you do this, you will be well on your way to earning money from your website.

6. Find Keywords

Once you have written your content, use a keyword search tool to improve search engine optimization. A keyword search tool such as Jaaxy helps you to find the keywords that your niche group uses when searching for products such as the ones that you are promoting.

Use the same keywords within your content, that your potential customers use. This will help you to capture those people that are interested in your product. You can read more about keywords in my post “How To Find The Best Keywords For A Website”.

Then review your post and insert some of the keywords that you have found into your content. Don’t over do it, and make sure that your content still reads well. People are put off by posts that are stuffed with keywords that don’t make sense.

Try Jaaxy out for yourself by entering your own keywords in the box below.

7. Promote on Social Media

Websites cannot be found on their own. You need to promote them! You can do this for free by creating a post on Facebook and then adding your link back to your website.

Use Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and other social media platforms to get your message across. Another way to promote your blog it is to join a forum and join in with discussions that relate to your niche.

Whatever you do, don’t sign up for paid ads unless you know how to do this. Paid ads can end up costing you more money than you make if they aren’t utilized properly.

8. Give It Time

Being an affiliate marketer and selling products online for free takes time! It takes time to do research, review products, write content and to promote products. It also takes time for Google to rank your site, to get a good flow of traffic and to build up a loyal following.

Many people believe that because it’s possible to make money through affiliate marketing for free, that this is an easy way to make money.

The truth is that most affiliate marketers don’t see any income at all in the first few months. And when they do, it’s not enough to allow them to quit their day job. So, keep these factors in mind and be realistic in your expectations.

One of the best ways to ensure your online success is to get some training in affiliate marketing. I believe that Wealthy Affiliate offers the best training in this field!

When you join Wealthy Affiliate you will be taught how to sell products online from home through a step-by-step training program. With some work, effort and time, you too will then be able to make money online for free!

It can be difficult trying to convey to family and friends what Wealthy Affiliate is all about. They find it difficult to come to grips with the fact that anyone who is dedicated and is willing to put in the time and effort can make a good income online. So good in fact, that they are able to quit their job, and work from home doing something that they love. But this is only possible if newbies follow the WA training, and then keep at it.

Starting any new business takes time and effort! Some people think that just because a business is online that it is easy. The easy things about an online business, is that you can work from where ever you what, whenever you what and that the costs associated with it are far less than a brick and mortar business.

Just like a brick and mortar business, there will be challenges and frustrations with an online business. But to ensure success, you must remain dedicated, persist with it and give it time for it to grow. One of the best things about WA is that you don’t have to do this all on your own, as the community is there to help you every step of the way.

I think the training at Wealthy Affiliate is awesome! There is nothing else out there where a beginner can learn everything they need to know about setting up and running a profitable online business.

Because WA is such a great platform with all the training and tools available in one place, I’m very happy to promote the benefits of WA to others. Being able to earn a commission from referring others to WA is an added bonus!

Thanks for the Great inspiring post! This has to be motivating, not only for me but also for many others. Thanks to the development of technology as it paved way for a global market and changed millions of lives.

Your post is very helpful and I strongly believe many people are gonna find great value from your post.

In my experience, Affiliate marketing is the very best method to make money online.

To share my own experience…

I joined WA on November 2016 with a lot doubts.

To cut the long story short…

I am still with WA and I resigned my job on November 2017. Since December 2017 I am a full-time Affiliate Marketer working from home. Everything I know about about blogging and Affiliate marketing I learned from Wealthy Affiliate. WA is the most genuine platform I came across online.

I agree with you! If it wasn’t for the advances in technology and the internet, millions of people wouldn’t have their own online business but will still be working for someone else. While working for others is fine due to the regular paycheck, it does stifle your creativity and limits the amount of money that you can earn.

I think that Wealthy Affiliate’s training program is the best in the world! It has helped so many people establish successful online businesses and be able to work for themselves doing something that they love.

It’s great to hear that with WA’s training you were able to quit your job and work on your own business. I’m sure this provides you with great satisfaction knowing that something that you created yourself, is so successful.

Very helpful article! I had to go to the kitchen and grab me an Ice Cream sandwich after the first section. I have came across a few issues in the process mainly with traffic flow and bounce visits.

Do you have any suggestion’s on what to do in order to help keep the reader’s engaged with your content?

I agree on the paid ads stuff, I did that when I first started out with my website and ended up losing out on money. You can really flow through the cash if you don’t set a limit. If you aren’t getting any sales or followers to your site then it is wasted money.

Thank you for your comments. In answer to your question about how to keep your audience engaged, the most basic answer is to provide content that provides answers to the problems that they have. If your content is interesting and strikes a chord with them, then people will read your article to the end.

If you are good at adding humor to your content, then do so as humor lightens up a topic and keeps people’s interest.